The Armor of God is a great passage of Scripture to teach to children. It is visual and has immediate, real world applications for them. The 9 lesson unit covers Ephesians 6:10-20. It is entitled “How to Win Against Sin” because our real battle is against sin, and with Jesus, we can win.
These lessons are very user-friendly. Even a first-time Sunday school teacher can confidently teach with this! I have included teacher preparation, including Scripture to read for your own benefit and growth. Within the teaching part of the lesson, I have italicized what you can simply read to the children. I would suggest however reading through it and presenting the information in your own way.
The Lessons: We are adding new each week, many not be complete until Feb 2013.
- Our Enemy, Our Hero
- The Belt of Truth (worksheets)
- The Breastplate of Righteousness
- The Shoes of the Gospel of Peace
- The Shield of Faith
- The Helmet of Salvation
- The Sword of the Spirit
- Battle Plan: Prayer
- Declare it Boldly!
Outline: Every lesson follows the same basic outline. It includes Scripture references, Teacher Preparation, Theme, Memory Verse, a game, the lesson itself, a poster piece, a craft and activity page.
Each activity comes with two choices: one for older children and one for non-readers.
More Suggestions & Resources
- Print our free Armor of God coloring pages
- Craft & decoration examples from a church that used this curriculum
- More army themed VBS ideas
- How another church taught about the Armor of God
- Watch the Armor of God song by Go Fish
The Poster is an important part of each lesson. It allows for easy review and helps the kids to get excited for the next lesson. I have included a few basic pieces for the poster. They will fit nicely on a regular sized piece of poster board. For the children and the pieces of armor, use the wonderful coloring pages found on this website. Be as elaborate as you like for the background of the poster. Feel free to add a castle and green forest, or just use markers to outline a few trees, the sun and grass. (download)
Most of the crafts use 18 inch by 12 inch construction paper and basic school supplies. You will also need feathers and poster board for a couple of lessons.
Be sure to stay in prayer and follow the teacher preparation. As the Lord teaches you, you will become better equipped to teach the children. Most of all, just love on the kids and Jesus would, and have a great time together!
Thank so much for such valuable resources which I came across “accidentally”, I was just flipping through looking for resources which could enrich my teaching, and I came to your resources. I cant believe how rich and easy to follow they are. My 8 weeks on the Armour of God are covered, but more than that, I can have my daily devotionals by getting into the suggested readings and really study the word of God at the same time.
We are ready to start a teaching on, “The Armor of God.” Your lessons have been a god send for us. Out children range from preschool to the 5th grade, so we need quick simple lessons. I love how your lessons have color sheets and games. thank you so much making everything so simple for us teachers and for the kids.
Thank you SO much for this wonderful website. It is the first resource I go to when preparing for my weekly lessons at church. I appreciate your willingness to allow others to use these resources for free, because my church has a very small budget for children’s curriculum. Thank you again, and God bless you for your service to God’s Kingdom!
Sometimes God amzes me with surprises! I came here looking for a picture to use for “Armor of God” series! Now I see you are posting a series! Thank God for you!
THANK YOU SO MUCH.MY KIDS ARE LEARNING AND LEARNING
Thank you so much for creating this program and sharing your gift! We are using this to teach children in an inner city after school program about the love of Jesus and standing firm in Him.
I am currently using these lessons for our children’s evening class and they have been wonderful. They are easy to use and great for children ages 5-10. Thank you so much for posting them.
I have started 2 weeks ago with the Armor of God lessons and wow, it is really wonderfull. My kids love the activities alot.
Thanks alot for the wonderful and free lessons.
God Bless
I also was wondering if you where going to post the rest of the lessons they are great.
Whoa! This is awesome, I really love the lesson it quite interesting. Will use in it in our sunday school manual.
Thanks for the good work, the Lord bless you real good.
Looking forward to rest of the lessons.
Love you with the love of God.
Hi Peggy, the posts have been fixed, and more should be coming soon. I’m glad you liked the first lesson, and I hope you enjoy the rest!
Blessings,
Tara
I really liked the first lesson, and used it with my class. The second lesson is not available, and the download for the introductory lesson and lesson one are the same. Is there a problem?
thanks